Robot model
Bee
Bee is a low-cost always-listening wearable AI assistant, worn as a bracelet, that records and transcribes the wearer's day and builds to-dos, reminders, and…
- Manufacturer
- Bee
- Form factor
- wearable
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- bee.computer ↗
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Bee, a wearable by Bee (commercial): 1 verified deployment on record. 6 sources back the record.
Overview
Bee is a low-cost always-listening wearable AI assistant, worn as a bracelet, that records and transcribes the wearer's day and builds to-dos, reminders, and summaries. It launched commercially at about $49.99 plus a ~$19/month subscription and was independently reviewed as functional. Amazon announced its acquisition of Bee on July 22 2025 (confirmed by CNBC), with the deal closing by January 2026; Bee has continued as a distinct Amazon product line with ongoing feature development.
The registry records it at commercial maturity (now Amazon-owned, still shipping), correcting the dispatch's preliminary 'consumer-promised' label. It is part of the recurring pattern of large technology companies acquiring AI-hardware startups (Bee to Amazon, Limitless to Meta, Humane assets to HP, Mentee to Mobileye).
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Price
Form factor
Function
Status
Acquisition date
Specs
Notes
Battery
Pricing
Function
Form Factor
Data & sources
Press releases
1
News coverage
4
Web sources
1
6 sources backing this record.View all →
Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Shipping now
- Price
- $50 (actual sale price)as of 2026-06-17
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
One-time purchase
$50 USDactual sale priceas of 2026-06-17
Monthly subscription
$19 USDactual sale priceas of 2025-07-25
Price status: actual-sale-price = real published price at time of sale; manufacturer-target = vendor target, not yet realized; analyst-estimate = third-party projection, not a vendor figure; not-announced = no price on record.
Prices verified as of Jun 17, 2026
Deployments (1)
- Bee at Globaloperational
Bee Computer wearable AI aggregate global deployment.
Bee on the deployment map
View the global mapWhere Bee is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Price point recorded: $50VerifiedJun 17, 2026
Actual sale price
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Bee wearable personal AI
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Price point recorded: $19VerifiedJul 25, 2025
Actual sale price
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
at Global
Deployment-verified media (1)
Bee's introduction of its wearable personal-AI wristband. An always-on device that records what it hears unless muted; Bee was acquired by Amazon in 2025.
From deployment: Global
Safety record
No incidents on record for Bee.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (6)
- https://bee.computer/
- https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/22/amazon-acquires-bee-the-ai-wearable-that-records-everything-you-say/
- https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/22/amazon-ai-bee-wearable.html
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/12/why-amazon-bought-bee-an-ai-wearable/
- https://www.engadget.com/wearables/bee-has-been-busy-since-its-acquisition-by-amazon-last-year-150025311.html
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/24/i-tried-amazons-bee-wearable-and-am-both-intrigued-and-slightly-creeped-out/
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Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names Bee.
Companies (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-15
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-15
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: wearable
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- secondary-established-publication
- Established publication
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Bee.Recent coverage
Bee in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Bee from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Amazon announces Bee AI wearables for chat to-dos
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Amazon debuts two new AI wearable devices that can listen to conversations and help you shop
Amazon.com Inc. today debuted two new wearable, artificial intelligence-enabled devices aimed at making everyday life simpler by listening to conversations and helping users…
Amazon’s Bee Debuts Two New AI Wearables to Turn Conversations Into Actions
Bee, the AI wearable maker acquired by Amazon last year, has introduced its first new products since the deal: the Bee Frontier, a next-generation device worn on the wrist or…
A $75 gadget that remembers my conversations? Bee has my attention and my reservations
Bee’s new wrist-or-clip Frontier and phone-mounted Eclipse summarize your conversations, but more features need a subscription.
Amazon’s new AI devices can listen to conversations and suggest things to buy — if you opt in
Bee, the AI wearables startup Amazon acquired last year, will turn products people mention in everyday conversations into shopping suggestions on Amazon.com for users who opt in…
Amazon’s Bee launches two new personal AI devices, starting at $75
Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The…
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Every week, The Post will bring you our picks of the best one-liners and stories from satirical site the Babylon Bee to take the edge off Hump Day.
High-speed video reveals how honey bee stingers pump venom
Bee stingers work like saws to pump venom
Watch new slow-mo video to see these tiny stingers in action. The post Bee stingers work like saws to pump venom appeared first on Popular Science .
Cal AI’s 19-year-old founder just raised $10M for his new AI startup
Zach Yadegari, the teen co-founder of popular Cal AI calorie tracking app, has launched a new personal AI agent startup that competes with Instinct, Muse, and Bee.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/bee-wearable.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/cfbba079-2e64-4bf9-ba20-818d01c126e2
- Revision history: /models/bee-wearable/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
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Reality vs attention
Bee draws attention at the 93rd percentile but verifies reality at the 26th percentile among wearable robots. Hype Gap +67.4, 2nd widest among wearable robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Strong recent media coverage and press activity. Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 17, 2026